Etwas Translation Quotes & Sayings

There is an integrity to story that comes from a real life lived in it. A story is clearly illumined from being raised up in it. In — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

We rise and fall as one people, one nation. — Barack Obama

From the stars," she thought, "doubtless all things are seen. — Pearl S. Buck

What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet. — Bill Hicks

People love stories. They need stories. — Caroline Leavitt

The source of evil is desire, greed, and anger. — Aleksandra Layland

If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff. — Chuck Close

New prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses.
For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue!' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill!' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay!' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe!' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom. — Immanuel Kant

There can be no "free market" without government. The "free market" does not exist in the wilds beyond the reach of civilization. Competition in the wild is a contest for survival in which the largest and strongest typically win. Civilization, by contrast, is defined by rules; rules create markets, and governments generate the rules. — Robert B. Reich

When examples of openness of thought come from a single ruler, they count for nothing, except to show that he alone can afford to be like that because he is king. — Italo Calvino

Whenever you read interviews with actors, they always seem to be given three months to do something - get fat, get skinny, learn card tricks. — Sam Riley